Feminist Narrative Research Opportunities and Challenges
This book explores the rich, diverse opportunities and challenges afforded by research that analyses the stories told by, for and about women. Bringing together feminist scholarship and narrative approaches, it draws on empirical material, social theory a
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Feminist Narrative Research
Jo Woodiwiss • Kate Smith • Kelly Lockwood Editors
Feminist Narrative Research Opportunities and Challenges
Editors Jo Woodiwiss University of Huddersfield Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Kate Smith University of Huddersfield Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Kelly Lockwood University of Salford Salford, United Kingdom
ISBN 978-1-137-48567-0 ISBN 978-1-137-48568-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-48568-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017941077 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image: © Anatoly Vartanov / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. The registered company address is: The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, United Kingdom
This book is dedicated to women’s lives and women’s stories.
Preface: Telling Lives in Feminist Narrative Inquiry
Under the Sign of Narrative Feminist narrative research: opportunities and challenges is a thought- provoking book that interestingly addresses important questions concerning the definition and practice of narrative inquiry, feminist narrative research specifically. Its origins lie in papers presented at the ‘Feminist narrative research: Opportunities and challenges’ symposium, the heir of an influential series of Narrative and Memory conferences at the University of Huddersfield in the later 2000s. Its chapters provide a lucid exposition of a shared approach to feminist narrative research, with this preface offering some reflective thoughts on ideas that the chapters explore in more depth. As a body of
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